Med term- Module 4 Flashcards
carp/o
wrist bones
cis/o
cut
cost/o
rib
cutane/o
skin
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
duct/o
lead, carry
flex/o
bend
furc/o
branching
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
sugar
imunn/o
protection
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death
nat/i
birth
norm/o
rule, order
ox/o
oxygen
pub/o
pubis
seps/o
infection
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
tens/o
force, strain, stretch
the/o
put, place
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
urethr/o
urethra
-drome
run
-fusion
coming together; to pour
-gen
substance that produces
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-meter
measure
-mission
send
-or
one who
-oxia
oxygen
-partum
birth, labor
-partum
birth, labor
-phoria
bear, carry; feeling
-physis
grow
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasm
structure or formation
-pnea
breathing
-ptom
happening, occurrence
-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-stasis
stopping, controlling
-trophy
development, nourishment
-trophy
development, nourishment
ad-
toward
ana-
up, apart
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
auto-
self, own
bi-
two
brady-
slow
cata-
down
con-
with , together
contra-
against, opposite
de-
down, lack of
dia-
through, complete
dys-
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
ec-
outside, out
ec-
outside, out
endo-
in, within
epi-
upon, on, above
epi-
upon, on, above
eu-
good, normal
ex-
out, outside
hemi-
half
hyper
excessive, above
hypo-
deficient, under
in-
not
in-
into, within
infra-
beneath, under
inter-
between
intra-
in. within, into
macro-
large
mal-
bad
meta-
beyond, change
micro-
small
neo-
new
pan-
all
para-
abnormal, beside, near
per-
through
peri-
surrounding
poly-
many, much
post-
after, behind
pre-
before, in front of
pro-
before, forward
pros-
before, forward
re-
back again
retro-
behind, backward
sub-
under
supra-
above, upper
syn-, sym-
together, with
tachy-
fast
trans-
across, through
ultra-
beyond, excess
uni-
one
antibodies
protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens
antigen
a foreign substance
bilirubin
a chemical pigment
hemolytic disease of the newborn
when antibodies attack and destroy the embryo’s RH+ RBCs
adrenal glands
endocrine glands above the kidney
antibiotic
chemical substance that has the ability to inhibit or destroy foreign organisms in the body
erythroblastosis fetalis
hemolytic disease of the newborn caused by a blood group incompatibility between the mother and fetus
jaundice
yellow-orange coloration of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood
RH condition
a condition where antibodies in a pregnant woman’s blood destroy her baby’s blood cells
autoimmune
disease caused by antibodies or lymphocytes produced against substances naturally in the body
congenital anomaly
abnormality present at birth
contralateral
affecting the opposite side of a part of the body
ipsilateral
beginning to or occurring on the same side of the body
dialysis
separation of nitrogenous wastes from the blood when the kidneys no longer function
ectopic pregnancy
pregnancy that is out of place
parathyroid glands
four endocrine glands on the posterior side of the thyroid gland
parathyroid hormone
secreted by the parathyroid glands; increases blood calcium
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
prolapses
sliding forward or downward
polymerase chain reaction
a lab technique used to amplify DNA sequences
recombinant DNA
insertion of a gene from one organism into the DNA of another
syndrome
signs and symptoms that occur together indicating a particular condition or disorder
parasitism
the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism
symbiosis
close interaction between two organisms living in close association
symphysis
bones that grow together separated by a piece of fibrocartilage
transurethral
pertaining to across or through the urethra
echocardiograms
sound waves used to image the structure of the heart
sonogram
image of sound waves as they bounce off of organs in the body
ultrasonography
use of high-frequency sound waves to produce a record or picture of an organ or tissue
